Supervising Social Worker - Permanent
This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.
* Job Title: Supervising Social Worker
* Job Location: Gloucester
* Salary: £39,152- £47,181 per annum
* Hours per Week: 30.00
* Contract Type: Permanent
* Closing Date: 28/09/2025
* Job Requisition Number: 12587
* This post is open to job share
We are currently recruiting for a Supervising Social Worker to join our Fostering Support team.
Reward and Support
For all your hard work, you will receive the following:
* between £39,152 to £47,181 per annum subject to experience
* £4,000 welcome payment*
* £2,000 retention payment*
* up to £8,000 relocation package*
* flexible and agile working opportunities
* 25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years continuous service (pro rata for part-time staff)
* option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year (pro rata for part-time staff)
* family friendly policies and benefits to help support you and your family
* supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision
* Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
* access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone
* an in-house Occupational Health service
* employee discount scheme
* cycle to work scheme
* links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) and the Young Employees Network
* career development and qualification opportunities; there is an opportunity and clear career pathway to become a Senior Supervising Social Worker
* access to our Social Work Academy
Right child, right support, right time, every time
In our recent inspection in June 2025, our Children’s Services have been officially judged as ‘Good’ with ‘Outstanding’ elements. Ofsted also said ‘Leaders have set out a clear vision for delivering success for children, by modelling values and creating a culture where the workforce, children and families feel valued and heard; risk is managed confidently with bottom lines clearly set out.’
This marks an important step in our journey to improve outcomes for our children and young people, and we remain focused on our mission: to continue building on this success and ensure that every child and young person in our county has the opportunity to thrive.
Gloucestershire offers a range of opportunities to develop your career, supported by a phenomenal Social Work Academy offer, a developing systemic practice methodology, an ambitious leadership team and an award-winning workforce.
We are a local authority adopting, and training all colleagues in, systemic social work practice. If you would like to be part of an authority that takes a relational approach to working with families and focuses on what needs to change in the system around a child and family to enable children to thrive, then consider a role with GCC.
About the role
We are looking for a self-motivated, organised and flexible Supervising Social Worker to join one of our Fostering Support Teams responsible for supporting Gloucestershire’s fostering households and enabling them to provide therapeutic and nurturing care to children in care. Join our friendly Fostering Service where we you will receive regular reflective supervision, evidence-based training and support to develop and progress.
About you
As well as your experience as a frontline social worker, there are some things we require of you to be successfully appointed to this post:
* Social Work England registration
* a recognised qualification in Social Work
* to have passed your Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE) (if you qualified after 2012)
* a full driving licence and willingness to drive
* DBS clearance
If you have any questions or would like an informat chat about the role, please email or email
Additional Information
To access the Job Profile for this role, please follow the link below:-
Supervising Social Worker Role Profile
Senior Supervising Social Worker Role Profile
This Position is subject to a DBS check.
Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire’s diverse communities. Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.
It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a ‘customer facing role’ must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.
Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.